CHAP. X. The plague people the locusts into thy coast: go, behold, to-morrow will 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: of locusts every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. 6 And they shall fill thy houses, 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God that he may take away from me this death only. 7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: Knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? 9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go: for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. 10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. 11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's preBence. 12 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night: and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 18 And he went out from Pha 19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea: there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24 T And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD: only let your flocks and your herds be stayed. let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices, and burntofferings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more: for in that day thou seest my face, thou shalt die. 15 For they covered the face of 29 And Moses said, Thou hast the whole earth, so that the land spoken well, I will see thy face was darkened; and they did eat! again no more. 63 The institution CHAP. XI. Death of the First-born. AND the LORD said EXODUS, one ses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woIman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: of the passo gation of Israel, saying, In the to day of this month they shall t in them every man a lamb acco ing to the house of their fathers lamb for a house: 4 And if the household be. little for the lamb, let him and neighbour next unto his ho take it according to the num of the souls: every man accord to his eating shall make your co for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be witho blemish, a male of the first yea ye shall take it out from the she or from the goats: 6 And ye shall keep it up un the fourteenth day of the san month: and the whole assembly the congregation of Israel shall ki it in the evening. 7 And they shall take of th blood, and strike it on the tw side-posts, and on the upper door post, of the houses, wherein the shall eat it. 5 And all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth 8 And they shall eat the flesh in upon his throne, even unto the first- that night, roast with fire, and un born of the maid-servant that is leavened bread; and with bitte behind the mill; and all the first-herbs they shall eat it. born of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 8And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaohin a great anger. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. CHAP. XII. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodder at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11 T And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand: and ye shall eat it in haste; it is the LORD's passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD, 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD through AND the LORD spake land out your generations en el for ses and Aaron in, the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to vou. 3 Speak ye unto all the congre keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread, from the first day as a memorial. CHAP. XII. until the seventh day, that soul hall be cut off from Israel. 16 And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you: no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this self-same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. Death of the first-born. he smote the Egyptians, and deli vered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 T And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt: for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel: and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. 32 Also take your flocks and 20 Ye shall eat nothing leaven-your herds, as ye have said, and be ed: in all your habitations shall ye gone: and bless me also. eat unleavened bread. 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you a lamb, according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the bason: and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses: and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; 36 And the LORD gave the peoand when he seeth the blood upon ple favour in the sight of the Egypthe lintel, and on the two side-tians, so that they lent unto them posts, the LORD will pass over the such things as they required: and door, and will not suffer the de- they spoiled the Egyptians. stroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Suc coth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they 26 And it shall come to pass, brought forth out of Egypt, for it when your children shall say unto was not leavened: because they you, What mean ye by this ser-were thrust out of Egypt, and vice? could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when 40 T Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in 65 Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass, at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the self-same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD, for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. 43 T And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no stranger eat thereof: 44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner, and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house: neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. Α CHAP. XIII. 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. as a meme of the Canaanites, and the Hit and the Amorites, and the Hi and the Jebusites, which he s unto thy fathers to give thee, a flowing with milk and honey thou shalt keep this service in month. 6 Seven days shalt thou ea leavened bread, and in the sev day shall be a feast to the LOR 7 Unleavened bread shall eaten seven days: and there no leavened bread be seen thee, neither shall there be lea seen with thee in all thy quarte 8. And thou shalt shew thy in that day, saying, This is a because of that which the Lo did unto me when I came forth of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign u thee upon thy hand, and for a n morial between thine eyes; ti the LORD's law may be in t mouth: for with a strong ha hath the LORD brought thee out Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore keep th ordinance in his season from ye to year. 11 T And it shall be when t LORD shall bring thee into the lar of the Canaanites, as he sware u to thee and to thy fathers, and sha give it thee, 12 That thou shalt set apart unt the LORD all that openeth the ma trix; and every firstling that co meth of a beast which thou hast the males shall be the LORD's. 13 And every firstling of an as thou shalt redeem with a lamb and if thou wilt not redeem it, ther thou shalt break his neck: and all the first-born of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. 14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the first-born of 31 And Moses said unto the peo-beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the ple, Remember this day, in which LORD all that openeth the matrix, ye came out from Egypt, out of being males; but all the first-born the house of bondage; for by of my children I redeem. strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye out, in the month Abib. 5 1 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land 16 And it shall be for a token upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, The Israelites pursued CHAP. XIV. by Pharaoh and his host that God led them not through the | Israel went out with a high way of the land of the Philistines, hand. although that was near: for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them (all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army) and overtook them encamping by the sea,, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. 11 And they said unto Moses, 20 And they took their journey Because there were no graves in from Succoth, and encamped in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to Etham, in the edge of the wilder-die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? ness. 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light: to go by day and night. 52 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. CHAP. XIV. Pharaoh pursues the Israelites. 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 T And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to-day: AND the LORD spake unto Mo- for the Egyptians whom ye have ses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. 15 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, 5 And it was told the king of and upon his horsemen. Egypt that the people fled: and the 18 And the Egyptians shall heart of Pharaoh and of his ser-know that I am the LORD, when I vants was turned against the peo- have gotten me honour upon Phaple, and they said, Why have we raoh, upon his chariots, and upon done this, that we have let Israel his horsemen. go from serving us? 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. 19 T And the angel of God which went before the camp of Israel, removed, and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: 20 And it came between the 8 And the LORD hardened the camp of the Egyptians and the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and he pursued after the children and darkness to them, but it gave of Israel: and the children of light by night to these: so that the 67 |